Battery EXTREMELY Exhausted

I bought my digital camera (Nikon Coolpix 3) about a year ago. On Friday, May 18, I hosted a party which I planned to photo-document. I had taken about three pictures when the camera gave me the "Warning: Battery Exhausted" message. I thought, "no big deal, get new batteries." I replaced the batteries with brand new ones and immediately received the "Warning: Battery Exhausted" message upon turning it on. I have tried at least 5 more pair of batteries from different manufacturers and continually turn on the camera only to receive the "Warning: Battery Exhausted" message. Please help.

This has not been a problem in the past year, I have simply used regular Double A Duracells, Energizers, etc.This has not been a problem in the past year, I have simply used regular Double A Duracells, Energizers, etc.

AnonymousFeb 19, 2009

I love my Nikon cool pix L3, that is I did until it started going through batteries like crazy. I'm lucky to get one picture in before I get the dredded "WARNING!! BATTERY EXHAUSTED" message. It turns out it wasnt using up the batteries because even brand new batteries won't make it work. ANy suggestions???I love my Nikon cool pix L3, that is I did until it started going through batteries like crazy. I'm lucky to get one picture in before I get the dredded "WARNING!! BATTERY EXHAUSTED" message. It turns out it wasnt using up the batteries because even brand new batteries won't make it work. ANy suggestions???

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Re: Battery EXTREMELY Exhausted

As the other person says Nimh rechargable batteries are the best....Also somewhere in the menu system you will find that you need to define which type of battery you are using, this may be the cause...Nikon UK have an excellent after care team if all else fails.

The problem is NOT with the batteries.We bought 2 of these cameras, one is good the other is not ... we swapped batteries and it all points to a fault in the camera NOT the batteries!The problem is NOT with the batteries.
We bought 2 of these cameras, one is good the other is not ... we swapped batteries and it all points to a fault in the camera NOT the batteries!

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I have had mine for over 3 years and this just started happening. I bought a new battery and it seemed to fix the problem for about a week but is doing it again. It seems like it won't fully charge now like it formerly did!

We own a Nikon Coolpix camera as well, which uses regular AA or rechargeable AA batteries.
Assuming you have tried new batteries, (if you haven't, try new alkaline batteries), it's probably time to get a warranty replacement.

You might want to also look at the battery connections inside the camera to make sure they are clean and making good contact with the batteries.

The Nikon CoolPix 3200 has an unusual battery selection AND also needs the type of battery being used to be selected in the set up menu. The default is Alkaline, if you are not using Alkaline this function may be part of your rapid discharge. What I would suggest is to switch to a "good" set of Ni-MH batteries, generally these can be bought as a set/kit with a charger. If you have a manual what I'm referring to is on pages 18 and 19. For changing the setting for battery type can be found on page 96. The battery choices for this camera can be confusing to anyone. Happy Holidays from Robert in Canada

you have to use only very good quality batteries ...I have a philips..and if I do not put alcaline quality bateries in it ..it do not even power up ....and even with this expensive ones it eats 'em like snacks...by the way ...keep the batteries inside only when you shoot cause all this new cameras with display and so ...consumes the batteries even when they are powered off ..my advise is to buy some accumulators the kind you charge on the home power plug.....so in this way .. you will always have strong power into them ..and the cost its worthily ..

ITS NOT THE BATTERIES -- check out the internet (google "nikon coolpix battery exhausted" and you'll see hundreds of people are experiencing this glitch. best fix i've found so far: remove batteries and memory card, then replace batteries and try again. Maybe firmware update works too, but this fix is not confirmed.

These cameras have a internal battery that holds data for the camera to keep its settings. These batteries can be replaced but the camera has to be disassimboled to change it they should be able to be changed at a local camera shop pretty cheap.